The nearly thirty-year-old journey of EBC Brakes began in 1976 when it became known for making the best motorcycle brakes. By 1978, the EBC Brakes Group was still a private company exclusively-owned by the current Managing Director Andy Freeman.

EBC became known to the world when it hit three successive World Super Sport Champions in motorcycle road racing. EBC elevated its performance for off road riding as well with Arena Cross US Champion Buddy Antunez to testify with his four US titles.

At the same time, EBC made its mark in the technology of mountain bikes as well. Thanks to the help of multiple Gold medalist downhill pro Steve Peat, EBC became the dominating aftermarket supplier manufacturing Disc Brake Pads for premier mountain bike system builders.

But it wasn’t until EBC launched its Automotive range of Disc Pads in the late 80’s that their popularity reached its height. The number one choice for competitions and races all over the world, their continuing innovation for brakes just can’t be halted.

Recent addition to the EBC Brakes are the Red Stuff Ceramic brakes, popularly used for racing, Yellow Stuff for full race formulation, Green Stuff for road and hill climb, and the Blue Stuff for long-lasting endurance pads.

EBC may have took a lot of bumps and turns along the company’s journey, but the ride became smooth because of their brakes’ optimum world-class performance.

The world’s biggest tire company has made its best decision yet in tying up with the pioneers of motorcycle and automotive brakes, the EBC Brakes.

Representatives from EBC Brakes state that there are no financial ties between the two companies, and that this is just merely an exposition of two products combining for easier reach of the consumers. This alliance was a genius borne out of the pleasing performance of Bridgestone tires and EBC Brakes. For after all, who could blame the people for wanting the best tires and the best car brakes at the same time, right?

A nationwide pilot testing was conducted, rolling out EBC Brakes to all 163 of the Bridgestone First Stop fitting centers. It doesn’t get any better than this for all of the consumers who enjoy the performance of these products.

Indeed, Bridgestone just got bigger. With stores all over the world and the smart move to collaborate with EBC Brakes, their passion for excellence truly makes them every driver’s heroes

Through the advancement in technology, brake system have also been affected. Another innovation in braking system is the anti-lock brakes which are the common braking system installed in new cars. They were first used in large aircraft during the 1950’s and the British had used them in race cars in the 1960’s. Ford first use this technology in its cars in 1969. It placed anti-lock brakes in the luxury Thunderbird and Continental Mark III.

Anti-lock brakes really help cars stop better. They prevent wheels from locking up while braking. It is specifically designed to allow the driver to maintain steering control under heavy braking and to shorten braking distances (by allowing the driver to hit the brake fully without the fear of skidding or losing control).

ABS is very helpful when driving in gravel and deep snow, it increases braking distances. On these surfaces, locked wheels dig in and stop the vehicle more quickly.The primary benefit of ABS on these surfaces is it increase the ability of the driver to maintain control of the car rather than go into a skid. But having ABS that doesn’t guarantee you will be free from accidents. It just help in your driving, caution is very much advised.

Not many things are know about the history of the braking system in a car. Though it is probably safe to say that the braking system was later introduced because man’s priority then was to invent an automobile. Their primary intention was how to make it move not exactly how to make it stop.

The brakes were not initially installed in the first automobiles way way back in 1769 when Nicolas Joseph Cugnot first tested his steam-powered car. This invention was not quite successful. Cugnot mange to crash his invention into a stone wall, thus world’s first car accident. Let’s give him credit though, if it weren’t for him the next inventors would not have think that braking system in an automobile is necessary.

Frederick William Lanchester an English engineer made several important contributions to automotive engineering, like coming up with a system similar to modern disk brakes that clamped the clutch disk for braking. He may have been the first person to design such a real system. This system has become the pattern for modern brake system.

In early times though, drum brakes were more commonly used because they offer offer several advantages over other types of brakes. One of which was that the drum could keep out water and dust materials that could damage disc brakes which were out in the open. Another thing is that drum brakes required drivers to apply less pressure on the pedal as compared to disc brakes. This was very important back then before hydraulic and power brake systems.

The next advancement in brake system technology was in 1918 during the invention of four-wheel hydraulic brake systems by Malcolm Loughead. It replaced the mechanical brake system that was used at that time. But the mechanical system was not perfect, it actually had some disadvantages. It made it difficult to brake all the wheels evenly, that led to loss of control. It also required drivers to exert more effort on the brake pedal to slow the car. This system was first used in the 1918 Duesenberg. It was further developed until it caught on in 1929.